A BIRMINGHAM university’s ambitious plans for a flagship £150 million campus on the edge of the city centre are to go on display for the public to have their say.

Birmingham City University is proposing to develop a 4.17 acre brownfield site at Canal Street in Eastside with between 35,000 and 45,000 sq m of accommodation.

It is offering people the chance to look at the outline planning proposals which will be submitted to Birmingham City Council in June. An exhibition of the proposals will be open at Millennium Point, Digbeth, today from 12.30pm to 5.30pm, and tomorrow, from 9.30am to 12.30pm.

Mary Martin, the university’s pro-vice chancellor in charge of corporate development who is overseeing the project, said: "Our ambition in ten years’ time is to have achieved a national and international reputation for the excellence of our teaching, the exemplary nature of our engagement with business, the professions and the community, and for the quality of our research. To achieve this ambition, it is necessary to build upon existing achievements.

"We need to create new areas of excellence and invest in our infrastructure, facilities and business processes to meet the expectations of our students, customers and partners."

She added: "We very much hope that anyone with an interest in the Eastside development will take the opportunity to examine what we’re proposing.

"Although it’s far too early to say exactly what the development will look like, the exhibition gives an insight into the sort of ideas that might form part of this exciting development."

The proposed development aims to create new facilities in the areas of Media and Performance Arts, Technology, Innovation & Development, and for the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design.

It is also intended to create a concert hall, space for working with business, a student centre (to include library, learning resources and exhibition space), a food court and a retail centre. The first phase of the building is expected to open to students in September 2012.